PREVERB REAL IMPRO WORKSHOPS (at The Ship, Borough High St, thurs 7.00 - 9.30)

socially conditioned man with door on the top of his head Mother!

In the group we put the empahasis

on working together.

It not really about talent.

It more about having fun and

expressing yourself. In our

group the way we relate

 to each other is the key

issue. The group feeling. Are we

happy together? What comes first?

The group or our

own ego? I mention this because

theatre groups have such a poor record in

this area. Obviously performer's are

very competetive, even if they protest

otherwise. So in our view it is time

for theatre groups to go beyond this

competetive model. But this still a

very difficult thing for most actors, who, let's

face it, simply want to be brilliant in

some production or other, and that is

enough. Why think more deeply about it?

Especially if you are talented????

Oh well. We have found a few people

 now who share this view, sort of, and that

is encouraging. And the result is that doing

the workshops people have enjoyed

themselves immensely and also not felt

they were somehow incapable or not good

enough. In other workshops you often

get the emphasis on individual performance

skills and not on the group dynamic.

It will attract performer's who are obviously

very talented impersonators, good at doing

accents and imitating clelebs and

genres, and of course here is a chance for them

to prove they better at this than you,

so you can end up feeling a bit over awed. 

A bit incapable.What must be realised

is that this kind of performance doesn't

spring from an authentic feeling, but is a

manufactured product designed to impress

others. And in this sense it is not group

supportive

GROUP SUPPORTIVE!

 only individual supportive. It's based on

a narrow view of life being just about

your needs as opposed to a broader

more transpersonal view of life which is about

seeing things in terms of society. Or in

terms of relationships. Of course this almost

impossible to explain to people who are

determined to be successful at any price!!!!

The proof though is in the pudding though, as the

old expression goes so come along and find

out for yourself!